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This week’s main blog discussions include … Britain’s recent budgets feel like a long walk on a short cliff I’m not going to make any political statements, but have been watching UK political activity for the past few months, as has Elon Musk and others. In particular, there have been two milestone budget events in……

Things we’re reading today include: Melania Trump launches cryptocurrency on eve of inauguration – BBC News Santander ‘considering quitting the UK’ after two decades because of too much red tape Brown Brothers Harriman’s slavery links exposed by Liverpool campaign | The Guardian Bank of England delays rules designed to avoid banking crash by a year……

As someone focused upon the future, there are a few futuristic cities that astound me. Dubai is one, as I go there every year for a winter break, and recently visited the Museum of the Future. That already sounds strange, as museums usually host the memories of the past, not the future. The museum was quite……

Things we’re reading today include: Donald Trump’s net worth doubles as crypto market soars | The Independent Trump’s new meme coin and crypto token soar on his first day in office | Al Jazeera Circle CEO: Trump Will Act ‘Imminently’ on Banks’ Crypto Trading Elon Musk’s Antics on X Are Too Much for Germany’s Central……

Since I started in finance, there’s been an interesting debate around whether firms can grow through organic growth or acquisitive growth. Most banks have consolidated over time to become the behemoths they are today. By way of example, just look at the history of JPMorgan Chase: Source: The Brand Hopper Or, as it surprises many……

Payments and financial solutions are two-a-penny at this point, but mostly for online e-commerce. What about physical stores? In 2023 Qomodo, a Milan-based “all-in-one” payment methods aggregator for physical merchants, came out with a €34.5 million ($36.9 million) pre-seed round (mostly debt), which we covered, to expand the BNPL model into other categories. It’s now…

Fintech giant Stripe is laying off 300 people, according to a leaked memo reported on Tuesday by Business Insider. The affected employees are “largely in product, engineering, and operations roles,” the memo said. Despite the layoffs, Chief People Officer Rob McIntosh said that Stripe intends to still grow its headcount by 17% “to land at…

Things we’re reading today include … Experts alarmed by Trumps’ crypto meme coins: ‘America voted for corruption’ | The Guardian Trump’s embrace of meme coin sours mood in crypto industry – ABC News Trump pardons Silk Road creator Ross Ulbricht – BBC News Cryptocurrency Market to Grow by USD 39.75 Billion (2025-2029), Fueled by Digital……

On Monday, the crypto-president of America takes office. Bearing in mind that I’ve said several times he will be the crypto-President it is interesting that, in the last few weeks, he will be more than this. He will be the Big Tech President. Here is why. We live in such interesting times. Digitalisation has creeped……

On Monday, the crypto-president of America takes office. Bearing in mind that I’ve said several times he will be the crypto-President it is interesting that, in the last few weeks, he will be more than this. He will be the Big Tech President. Here is why. We live in such interesting times. Digitalisation has creeped……